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| shellyb999
- Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:14 am |
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2 weeks ago I was playing on the park with my children when I (stupidly) fell off a balancing beam.
I hit the beam with my left shin with quite a bit of force and it was extremely painful! I am the kind of person who never ever gets bruises no matter how hard i hit something, and I did get a bruise on my leg about the size of an apple. Strangely this disappeared after about 1 hour, however my leg became quite swollen. The pain was so bad that at first I thought I had broken it, however I was able to put some weight on it. So with the help of my 10 year old daughter I managed to walk home.
Now, 2 weeks later, I still have a swollen lump at the site of the injury which is very painful if something brushes against it. Also there is a red patch of skin which is completely numb. If I touch it, I have no sensation on that part of the leg.
Is this normal and will I just have to wait for the swelling to go down?
Thanks so much
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| Tom Plamondon PA-C
- Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:03 pm |
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 Hello,
Your bump of swelling and redness will probably go down with time and ice but you should have the limb x-ray to rule out fracture.
Take care.
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